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Sports & Leisure
Welcome to the sports and leisure pages. Develop maintains a presence on the Bromley Sports Disability Panel. This provides a voice for expressing the need for local organisations to offer welcoming sports and leisure activities in the borough that are positive about extending their services to include people with mental health issues.
We have an interest in ensuring people with mental illness have access to choice in sports and leisure, and also in encouraging activity as an opportunity to increase mental wellness and promote healthy lifestyles.
We work with a number of organisations, such as leisure centres, gymnasiums, the parks department, and voluntary walking groups, to ensure fair and equal access and a warm welcome to mental health service users.
Develop also has a position on the Pro-Active Bromley committee and has been invited to be part of the steering group for Pro-Active South London. This inclusive and active steering group will provide a clear platform for those with a stakehold in sport and physical activity to influence and shape how inclusive and active actions are delivered in the sub regions.
We should all be involved in promoting social inclusion because:
- Common mental health problems affect up to one in six of the general population at any one time. Almost everyone will know someone who has had mental health problems at some point in their lives.
- People who cope with mental ill-health are equally capable of making valuable contributions to sport. David Beckham, one of this country's great sporting achievers, has talked openly about his own challenge in dealing with obsessive compulsive disorder.
What's in this for you?
In this section you will be able to find:
- Services that are supporting welcoming access to sports and leisure services for people with mental ill-health.
- Events about sports and leisure, social inclusion and mental health.
- Evidence and policy - Government and sports organisations guidance on creating a real welcome for people with mental health problems in the sports and leisure sector and how to improve the organisation you work in to be more welcoming and supportive to people with mental ill-health.
- Guidance and tools that can be used to help people plan their access to welcoming sports and leisure services.
- News - stories about people's positive experiences of sports and leisure services in the borough.
If you would like more information about social inclusion and mental health, Develop can also offer you:
- Discussion Forum - A place to ask questions, find support and obtain advice on increasing the participation of people with mental health issuers in sports and leisure activities in Bromley and beyond and about what to do if issues relating to mental health arise in your organisation, club or society. (Available to registered site users).
- Training events about social inclusion, sports and leisure services and mental healthand about mental ill-health (from handling stress and promoting mental well-being and/or recovery through to awareness training about mental illness).
If you would like more information please contact: sportsNET@developbromley.com
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GLL first leisure operator to adopt new disability strategy
22nd Nov 2011
Charitable social enterprise GLL has become the first leisure provider to adopt 'Inclusive and Active 2', a sport and physical activity strategy for disabled people living and working in London.
'Inclusive and Active 2' has been launched by Interactive, an organisation working for disability equality in sport, in partnership with the Greater London Authority (GLA) and NHS London. The strategy sets out five overarching strategic themes and identifies targeted outcomes, designed to increase the opportunities for disabled people to participate in sport.
Stewart Lucas, Chief Executive of Interactive said "We are delighted that GLL have adopted 'Inclusive and Active 2' and I'm especially pleased that by doing so they have become the first leisure operator to show their commitment towards the inclusion of disabled people. I am thrilled that they will be leading the way in transforming how disabled people access sport and physical activity across all of the boroughs they cover. Their adoption signals a commitment to increase the number of inclusive opportunities and to strive to ensure disabled people view being active as a viable lifestyle choice for them across London."
Having signed up to the strategy, GLL has developed an action plan that will improve inclusivity within the 70 leisure centres it operates within the Capital. This will cover key areas including cultural change, inclusivity, participation and improving skills.
While GLL hopes that this new initiative will help improve its disability strategy, the organisation will continue to maintain its support for local initiatives in partnership with councils and community organisations.
As part of Interactive's commitment to Inclusive and Active 2 it has developed a number of resources in order to promote and disseminate models of good practice and expertise, including a new online disability equality training tool -- 'Be Inclusive and Active'. Interactive will be working together with GLL to continue to improve training methods of the leisure industry staff, with particular reference to disability equality and inclusivity.
Phil Lane, Head of Sport and Olympic Legacy at GLL said; "We are delighted to be the first leisure organisation to have signed up to Interactive's new charter -- Inclusive and Active 2. As an organisation we have a long standing commitment to offering opportunity for all and encouraging disabled Londoners to use and enjoy the facilities that we operate within their local communities. However, this new partnership should enable us to improve further, by having access to the expert advice offered by Interactive and a specialist framework within which we can work and plan."
For more information about the Inclusive and Active 2 strategy please visit the Interactive website or GLL for more information about you local GLL operated leisure centre in London.
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